2025 Volume 4 Pages 35-48
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the self-assessment checklist for forehand long serve technique, which is utilized in badminton classes, and compare the results obtained by exercise experience to revise the checklist. The study included 90 university students (53 men and 37 women) who chose badminton for university physical education classes. They were categorized into four groups according to their exercise experience: the badminton, hitting tool operation, exercise experience, and unexperienced groups. The participants took a skill test to evaluate the distance and course of their forehand long serve during a class, and their movement was video recorded in slow motion during the skill test. The self-assessment checklist to evaluate their own movement during the serve included the following categories: “stance” (four items), “timing to start swinging” (four items), and “hitting point and angle of the wrist” (five items). A five-point scale was used to collect data. Evaluating the relationship between the serve skill test and the self-assessment checklist revealed a significantly positive correlation with all the categories of “stance” (p<0.01), “timing to start swinging” (p<0.01), and “hitting point and angle of the wrist” (p<0.01). Furthermore, the hitting tool operation (p<0.01), exercise experience (p<0.01), and unexperienced (p<0.01) groups showed significantly low values compared to the badminton group in all the categories. The findings from this study may be useful for teaching the forehand long serve technique in badminton as part of university physical education.
